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Why Spotify Songs Are Greyed Out Spotify has never explicitly listed all of the reasons why a song might become unavailable… …but using a bit of critical thinking and piecing together other things Spotify has said, we can deduce that songs become greyed out for one of these reasons: Country restrictions:Some songs just aren’t available in certain regions of the world. That availability is decided by whoever owns the copyright to the song (usually the label that produced the album), and this availability can change over time....

1. Phenomenal Voice Cast After makingBatman: Mask of the Phantasm, Warner Brothers and DC retained their cinematic voice cast for the series, which gave the show a certain legitimacy and made it feel as though it belonged as part of a higher form of storytelling at the time. Looking back from the lofty perch of 2022, anytime we hear another voice actor giving life to Batman, it feels cheated—as though Kevin Conroy’s achievement in portraying Batman is devalued in some way....

1. Darth Vader’s Hatred Of the many theories why Darth Vader can’t beat Obi-Wan in battle, the chief reason is due to the special hatred Vader has for his former Master. In their past, Obi-Wan trained Anakin to be as good as a Jedi can be and he passed his strengths on to Anakin, all while Obi-Wan sought to promote the ideals he held as a Jedi himself, too. Obi-Wan was once reckless and foolish as a Padawan, but as he grew older, a calm came over him—a calm that was inherited from Qui-Gon Jinn, a calm that would stay with him for the rest of his days....

1. Developers Wanted Creative Freedom If there’s one thingallcreative people want, it’s unhindered freedom to execute their own creative vision. Of course, when you’re working with a huge Hollywood company, you don’t have much of that—the video game has to be made to their demands, within their constraints. It was around this time that the video game industry began proving itself as its own art form, as more than just a time-killing hobby for children....

1. The Sting of the Sequel Trilogy Looking back at the 2015 release ofStar Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, it was a time of excitement and rabid anticipation for fans of theStar Warssaga—and the movie-going public in general. But as the trilogy wrapped up, it became blindingly obvious that they never had a coherent plan in place from the first film. In an age where blockbuster movies are planned out as massive stories that encompass many films, the people at Disney opted for the old fashioned approach—to wing it as they go—which backfired....